Record details

Young ZULU KID

"Fighting Newsboy"

Flyweight

Male

(Giuseppe Di Melfi)
USA, Brooklyn, New York
Born: April 22, 1897, Anzi, Potenza, Basilicata, Italy
- son of Domenico Di Melfi and Rosa Valentino -
Died: April 20, 1971, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Height: 4ft 11in, mt 1,50

All family with Domenico, Rosa, Giuseppe and little Maria (3 years)
emigrated to the US in 1904 with the North American ship sailed from Naples

Italian-American

No amateur results

Professional record


1912
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
* Dec. 1	Kid Dennis	New York, United States	ND 4

1913
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 1	Young Todd	New York, United States	KO 2
+ Jan. 10	Tommy Largen	New York, United States	KO 1
* Jan. 27	Johnny Burns	Brooklyn, United States	ND 4
+ Feb. 1	Johnny Borax	Brooklyn, United States	KO 2
+ Feb. 10	Young Lippe	Brooklyn, United States	KO 2
* Mar. 1	Young DeMeyer	Brooklyn, United States	ND 10
* Mar. 10	Young DeMeyer	United States	ND 6
* Apr. 1	Jimmy Murray	Brooklyn, United States	ND 6
* Apr. 10	Danny Burns	United States	ND 6
* May 1	Eddie Siegel	Harlem, United States	ND 6
* June 1	Jimmy Murray	Brooklyn, United States	ND 6
* Aug. 1	Jimmy Murray	Brooklyn, United States	ND 6
* Sept. 1	Young Gorman	Brooklyn, United States	ND 6
* Oct. 1	Young DeMeyer	Brooklyn, United States	ND 6
* Nov. 1	Murray Allen	United States	ND 6

1914
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
* Jan. 15	Young Diamond	New York, United States	ND 6
* Feb. 17	Young Diamond	Brooklyn, United States	ND 6
* Feb. 20	Young Jeffries	Brooklyn, United States	ND 6
* Feb. 27	Young Campbell	Brooklyn, United States	ND 6
* Feb. 28	Young Diamond	Brooklyn, United States	ND 6
* Mar. 9	Jimmy Curtis	New York, United States	ND 6
* Mar. 19	Jimmy Curtis	New York, United States	ND 6
* Mar. 24	Barney Snyder	Brooklyn, United States	ND 10
* Apr. 9	Jimmy Fitzpatrick	New York, United States	ND 10
* Apr. 18	Barney Snyder	Brooklyn, United States	ND 10
* Apr. 25	Johnny Rosner	Brooklyn, United States	ND 10
* May 15	Bobby Hansen	Brooklyn, United States	ND 10
* May 23	Johnny Rosner	Brooklyn, United States	ND 10
* May 30	Jimmy Baily	Brooklyn, United States	ND 10
* June 4	Johnny Rosner	New York, United States	ND 10
* June 11	Johnny Rosner	New York, United States	ND 6
* June 13	Johnny Rosner	New York, United States	ND 10
* June 26	Young Sharkey	Far Rockaway, United States	ND 10
* July 10	Johnny Rosner	Rockaway, United States	ND 10
* Aug. 1	Murray Allen	Glen Cove, United States	ND 10
* Aug. 10	Artie Simons	Albany, United States	ND 10
* Aug. 17	Jimmy Murray	Brooklyn, United States	ND 10
+ Aug. 19	Chuck Connors	Bergen Beach, United States	KO 2
* Oct. 5	Young McGovern	Philadelphia, United States	ND 6
* Oct. 19	Ed Rivers	Philadelphia, United States	ND 6
+ Nov. 3	Jimmy Murphy	Saint Louis, United States	W 8
+ Nov. 10	Tommy Garety	Saint Louis, United States	W 8
- Nov. 24	Pete Herman	New Orleans, United States	L 15
= Dec. 4	Eddie Coulon	Saint Louis, United States	Draw 8
+ Dec. 27	Joe Bell	Pacific, United States	KO 1

1915
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 1	Kid Waggoner	Alton, United States	TKO 2
+ Jan. 5	Bobby Burns	Saint Louis, United States	WDQ 4
- Jan. 25	Ansel Bell	United States	KO by 1
* Feb. 18	Young Marino	Brooklyn, United States	ND 10
* Mar. 2	Young Benny	Albany, United States	ND 10
= Mar. 25	Memphis Pal Moore	New Orleans, United States	Draw 10
* Apr. 9	Bobby Burns	Dallas, United States	ND 10
+ Apr. 24	One Punch Hogan	New Orleans, United States	W 10
= May 1	Pete Herman	New Orleans, United States	Draw 10
= June 25	Johnny Solzberg	Brooklyn, United States	Draw 10
* July 7	Johnny Rosner	New York, United States	ND 10
+ Aug. 24	Bobby Burns	Saint Louis, United States	W 8
= Aug. 31	Bobby Burns	Saint Louis, United States	Draw 8
- Nov. 8	One Punch Hogan	New Orleans, United States	L 15
= Nov. 22	One Punch Hogan	New Orleans, United States	Draw 20
- Nov. 29	Pete Herman	New Orleans, United States	L 15
+ Dec. 31	Jack Doyle	New Orleans, United States	W 15

1916
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Jan. 13	Memphis Pal Moore	Memphis, United States	L 8
* Feb. 18	Walter Nelson	Brooklyn, United States	ND 10
* Feb. 25	Johnny Solzberg	Brooklyn, United States	ND 10
* Mar. 10	Benny McCoy	Brooklyn, United States	ND 10
* Mar. 14	Johnny Ertle	Brooklyn, United States	ND 10
* May 15	Joe Tuber	Philadelphia, United States	ND 6
+ June 2	Jackie Sharkey	Brooklyn, United States	KO 5
* June 5	Johnny Solzberg	New York, United States	ND 10
* June 24	Monte Attell	Bronx, United States	ND 10
* June 28	Jimmy Murray	Brooklyn, United States	ND 10
- July 27	Young Benny	Brooklyn, United States	LDQ 3
* Aug. 5	Memphis Pal Moore	Brooklyn, United States	ND 10
- Aug. 12	Abe Friedman	Brooklyn, United States	LDQ 7
* Sept. 18	Buddy Faulkes	Brooklyn, United States	ND 10
- Dec. 18	Jimmy Wilde	Holborn, Great Britain	TKO by 11
World Flyweight Title

1917
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
* Feb. 12	Jack Clifford	Brooklyn, United States	ND 10
- Feb. 22	Frankie Burns	New York, United States	TKO by 4
* Feb. 28	Johnny Saxon	Poughkeepsie, United States	ND 10
= Mar. 29	Jimmy Curtis	Hot Springs, United States	Draw 10
- Apr. 23	Joe Tuber	Baltimore, United States	L 15
- Apr. 30	Paul Demers	New Bedford, United States	L 12
* May 22	Frankie Mason	Fort Wayne, United States	ND 10
* May 29	Jimmy Pappas	Brooklyn, United States	ND 10
* June 11	Benny Coster	Brooklyn, United States	ND 10
* June 15	Frankie Mason	Fort Wayne, United States	ND 10
= Sept. 14	Johnny Russell	Providence, United States	Draw 12
* Sept. 23	Frank Rector	Brooklyn, United States	ND 10
- Sept. 28	Johnny Rosner	Brooklyn, United States	KO by 7

1918
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
= Feb. 1	Nate Jackson	Hot Springs, United States	Draw 10
* Feb. 8	Nate Jackson	Hot Springs, United States	ND 8
= Feb. 18	Grover Hughes	Hot Springs, United States	Draw 10
* Mar. 5	Bobby Hughes	Hot Springs, United States	ND 10
* Mar. 16	Patsy Scanlon	Hot Springs, United States	ND 10
= Apr. 2	Jimmy Murphy	Saint Louis, United States	Draw 8
* Apr. 12	Pekin Kid Herman	Peoria, United States	ND 10
* Sept. 6	Pete Herman	Jersey City, United States	ND 8
- Sept. 10	Battling Hurley	Boston, United States	L 6

1919
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
* Jan. 17	Jack Douglas	Hot Springs, United States	ND 10
* Apr. 1	Sammy Sandow	Hot Springs, United States	ND 10
* Apr. 14	Nate Jackson	Hot Springs, United States	ND 10
* May 1	Frankie Mason	Cleveland, United States	ND 10
* June 27	Roy Moore	Superior, United States	ND 10
* Dec. 12	Babe Asher	Saint Louis, United States	ND 8
* Dec. 16	Frankie Osner	Alton, United States	ND 8

1920
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Jan. 1	Frankie Osner	Alton, United States	L 8
- Jan. 26	Harry Bramer	Hot Springs, United States	L 10
- Feb. 2	Eddie Coulon	Hot Springs, United States	L 10
+ Feb. 6	Charles Derns	Hoboken, United States	KO 5
+ Feb. 13	Red Watson	New Orleans, United States	TKO 9
* Feb. 19	Frankie Mason	Terre Haute, United States	ND 10
* Mar. 4	Knockout Brown	Hot Springs, United States	ND 10
- Apr. 10	Battling Al Murray	United States	L 12
* Apr. 12	Jimmy Wilde	Windsor, Canada	ND 10
- Dec. 25	Dick Griffin	El Paso, United States	L 15

1921
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
= Feb. 9	Young Marino	Detroit, United States	Draw 10
= Mar. 7	Joe Metranga	New Orleans, United States	Draw 15
- Mar. 14	Ashton Donza	New Orleans, United States	L 15
- Apr. 5	Sammy Nable	Brooklyn, United States	L 15
- Apr. 16	Johnny Buff	Brooklyn, United States	L 15
* May 18	Earl McArthur	Sioux City, United States	ND 10
- June 4	Johnny Curtin	Coney Island, United States	L 12
- Oct. 17	Johnny Kaiser	Memphis, United States	L 8

1922
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Jan. 2	Mickey Nelson	Brooklyn, United States	L 12
- Nov. 30	Sammy Cohen	Brooklyn, United States	L 10


1923 Inactive

1924
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Mar. 31	Bobby Hughes	Hot Springs, United States	L 10
- Apr. 28	Jack Doyle	New Orleans, United States	L 10
- Sept. 25	Willie Darcy	Yonkers, United States	L 10

1925
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Apr. 29	Joe Lucas	Windsor, Canada	TKO by 3


1926 Inactive

1927
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Apr. 25	Eddie Wolfe	Memphis, United States	L 8

1928
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Apr. 13	Gaylor Lewis	Brooklyn, United States	L 6
- Apr. 26	Benny Brostoff	Brooklyn, United States	KO by 5

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